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SmokeyEyes · 29-04-2012, 23:28

Beautiful pale gals!

miss choc · 29-04-2012, 23:31

I personally like a bit of fake tan on when I go out for the night it makes me look healthier and makes my eyes sparkle and teeth whiter. Mostly though I dont bother with it too expensive and time consuming.
I would love to have olive skin but sure should be happy with what I'm given. I like the pale porcelain type skin of Nicole Kidman, Nicola Roberts mine isnt that pale but takes on that bluey/grey palor in Winter and just pink/freckles in Summer a bit of tan perks up my face

**whoopsadaisydoodles** · 29-04-2012, 23:35

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Originally Posted by SmokeyEyes

Beautiful pale gals!

I would be willing to bet money on the fact that only pics 1&3 are truly tan free. Megan fox and Angelina just look like they found a shade to suit them in the paler pics and I've definitely seen Zoey Deschanel looking a lot paler than in that pic.

SmokeyEyes · 29-04-2012, 23:40

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Originally Posted by whoopsadaisydoodles

I would be willing to bet money on the fact that only pics 1&3 are truly tan free. Megan fox and Angelina just look like they found a shade to suit them in the paler pics and I've definitely seen Zoey Deschanel looking a lot paler than in that pic.

Well I was just trying to illustrate a point of course!

This better?

**whoopsadaisydoodles** · 29-04-2012, 23:41

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Originally Posted by SmokeyEyes

Well I was just trying to illustrate a point of course!

Oh I know you were, I'm just pointing out that tanned does not have to equal orange

SmokeyEyes · 29-04-2012, 23:42

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Originally Posted by whoopsadaisydoodles

Oh I know you were, I'm just pointing out that tanned does not have to equal orange

Agreed a nice light tan can be lovely but I'm currently obsessed with keeping myself pale

Don't want any tan at all hee hee!

**whoopsadaisydoodles** · 29-04-2012, 23:43

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Originally Posted by SmokeyEyes

Agreed a nice light tan can be lovely but I'm currently obsessed with keeping myself pale

Don't want any tan at all hee hee!

You're dead right if you can get away with it. I can't unfortunately

**LizT** · 29-04-2012, 23:47

I never use tan. Just seems like too much effort to be honest! I'm quite pale but not extremely pale. I suppose because I haven't got into the habit of tanning it's not really something that I'm interested in.

**cee_jay** · 29-04-2012, 23:50

I am lucky in that I am not that pale. My natural skin colour would be the colour of some of my friends tanned skin after a week in the sun. I tan easily - after three weeks in Spain I have been mistaken as a local.
However if I haven't been in the sun for a while I do look pale for my colouring but I never wear fake tan. I hate the smell, the messiness and the unnatualness of it all.
I got a spray tan done once in my younger days. I was in a tiny room with no air ventilation and nearly passed out from the fumes. And it was streaky the next day. Never again.
I have a wedding next weekend. Five people have asked me already what am I doing for my tan. I've responded I don't wear fake tan. They then exclaim but it's a wedding! And I just say I am sure the bride and groom are really worried if I wear fake tan or not, I never wear it do why start for this wedding?

dearg lady · 30-04-2012, 00:00

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Originally Posted by panda100

We have to stop thinking that we will look 'ridiculous', with our 'blotchiness' and 'wobbly bits'.

You're not wrong there! I think if people stopped using fake tan for a while, and let themselves get used to it, most would see that their skin is perfectly fine as it is.

sup_dude · 30-04-2012, 00:23

I've only worn it once, to a wedding as a bridesmaid because the bride wanted me to.

I've the type of skin that doesn't tan (or burn easily for that matter) and I'm pale enough to be asked (on more than one occasion) if I was a vampire

I don't bother with fake tan though. I don't see the point of it and find it a waste of time. If you're out in a club with drunk people, the chances are you're going to have alcohol spilled on you which will streak it anyway, ruining the hours beforehand putting it on.

**Posy** · 30-04-2012, 00:38

I think I look better with a bit of tan on- I feel more confident- but I wear ten maybe once a year because it's just soooo much hassle and I'm crap at it.
I try to so with the seasons. (well, "seasons", this being Ireland) I'm naturally dark blonde and pale, so in the spring/summer, I will get highlights done and wear tan from time to time. In the autumn/winter I can't be bothered and look pale and leave my hair darken out.

If I ever tan, it'd be one of those gradual ones for extra pale skin- orange is not my scene.

I find it a bit sad that when you go to Asia, the shops are packed with lightening creams and whitening products. As a whole, we're never happy with what we've got it seems, dark or pale!

Princess Peach · 30-04-2012, 01:27

I am super pale and blonde. Never wear fake tan. Mostly I just couldn't be bothered. Don't tan myself in the sun too as I burn too easily so don't sunbathe, too bad for my health!

I rarely see a girl it looks good on to be very honest. Irish girls are way too obsessed. I've had nights where last minute I would ask a friend if they wanted to go out, but they couldn't because their tans would take too long. And when they do plan a night out they start their tan 3 days before. I just don't understand it.

I think I would look odd with fake tan, I'm just that pale. Plus its too much time, money, and it wrecks your clothes! I guess if you can afford a professional spray tan it would be alright, but no girl I know does that regularly. They all use the cheap stuff that does not come out right. I'm far too polite to ever tell though :-/

**Twee.** · 30-04-2012, 01:45

I don't tan, and I would burn very easily. Factor 50 all the way! I recently wore the lightest SunShimmer shade on my legs to a wedding, and it was grand. Took the "blue" look off the pale! For nights out I would never wear tan, combination of I don't think I need it and I'm always in a rush, I'd never have the time to do it! Here's my pale legs! On the right, obvz.

I wear a colour appropriate foundation that matches my skintone and blends with my neck (Bobbi Brown Albaster 00). Sometimes I will wear some Mac Face and Body foundation on my decolletage, but that'd be more for contouring than all over colour.

I got a spray tan for my debs, but had it done about 4 days in advance so I could have a few showers. Ended up being pretty nice, but I wouldn't be bothered again.

metaoblivia · 30-04-2012, 04:52

I used to get comments on my paleness all the time! I have naturally black hair and very dark eyes, but my skin, it's not what I consider pale, but I am pretty light. The contrast between it and my hair really makes me look paler than I am. I also live in Florida where people wear a natural tan year round or do the fake stuff. I've never been into it though. I'm far too concerned about the health of my skin to be a sun worshipper or visit a tanning booth, and I simply don't care enough to put in the effort for a fake tan.

Also, as I've gotten older, I've come to embrace my high contrast coloring. It does help me stick out in a sea of sun bunnies.

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29-04-2012, 23:28	#31
SmokeyEyes Registered User Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 500 Adverts \| Friends	Beautiful pale gals!

29-04-2012, 23:31	#32
miss choc Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 347 Adverts \| Friends	I personally like a bit of fake tan on when I go out for the night it makes me look healthier and makes my eyes sparkle and teeth whiter. Mostly though I dont bother with it too expensive and time consuming. I would love to have olive skin but sure should be happy with what I'm given. I like the pale porcelain type skin of Nicole Kidman, Nicola Roberts mine isnt that pale but takes on that bluey/grey palor in Winter and just pink/freckles in Summer a bit of tan perks up my face

29-04-2012, 23:47	#38
LizT You can't call me Betty Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Over there Posts: 19,437 Adverts \| Friends Mod: After Hours, TCH	I never use tan. Just seems like too much effort to be honest! I'm quite pale but not extremely pale. I suppose because I haven't got into the habit of tanning it's not really something that I'm interested in.

29-04-2012, 23:50	#39
cee_jay Moderator Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 2,932 Adverts \| Friends Mod: State Benefits	I am lucky in that I am not that pale. My natural skin colour would be the colour of some of my friends tanned skin after a week in the sun. I tan easily - after three weeks in Spain I have been mistaken as a local. However if I haven't been in the sun for a while I do look pale for my colouring but I never wear fake tan. I hate the smell, the messiness and the unnatualness of it all. I got a spray tan done once in my younger days. I was in a tiny room with no air ventilation and nearly passed out from the fumes. And it was streaky the next day. Never again. I have a wedding next weekend. Five people have asked me already what am I doing for my tan. I've responded I don't wear fake tan. They then exclaim but it's a wedding! And I just say I am sure the bride and groom are really worried if I wear fake tan or not, I never wear it do why start for this wedding?

30-04-2012, 00:23	#41
sup_dude Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Location: It doesn't matter, you'd still get lost Posts: 1,312 Adverts \| Friends	I've only worn it once, to a wedding as a bridesmaid because the bride wanted me to. I've the type of skin that doesn't tan (or burn easily for that matter) and I'm pale enough to be asked (on more than one occasion) if I was a vampire I don't bother with fake tan though. I don't see the point of it and find it a waste of time. If you're out in a club with drunk people, the chances are you're going to have alcohol spilled on you which will streak it anyway, ruining the hours beforehand putting it on.

30-04-2012, 00:38	#42
Posy Warm and cosy Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Dublin Posts: 13,846 Adverts \| Friends Mod: Christmas	I think I look better with a bit of tan on- I feel more confident- but I wear ten maybe once a year because it's just soooo much hassle and I'm crap at it. I try to so with the seasons. (well, "seasons", this being Ireland) I'm naturally dark blonde and pale, so in the spring/summer, I will get highlights done and wear tan from time to time. In the autumn/winter I can't be bothered and look pale and leave my hair darken out. If I ever tan, it'd be one of those gradual ones for extra pale skin- orange is not my scene. I find it a bit sad that when you go to Asia, the shops are packed with lightening creams and whitening products. As a whole, we're never happy with what we've got it seems, dark or pale!

30-04-2012, 01:27	#43
Princess Peach Registered User Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Mushroom Kingdom Posts: 8,338 Adverts \| Friends	I am super pale and blonde. Never wear fake tan. Mostly I just couldn't be bothered. Don't tan myself in the sun too as I burn too easily so don't sunbathe, too bad for my health! I rarely see a girl it looks good on to be very honest. Irish girls are way too obsessed. I've had nights where last minute I would ask a friend if they wanted to go out, but they couldn't because their tans would take too long. And when they do plan a night out they start their tan 3 days before. I just don't understand it. I think I would look odd with fake tan, I'm just that pale. Plus its too much time, money, and it wrecks your clothes! I guess if you can afford a professional spray tan it would be alright, but no girl I know does that regularly. They all use the cheap stuff that does not come out right. I'm far too polite to ever tell though :-/

30-04-2012, 01:45	#44
Twee. Moderator Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Palmerstown Posts: 6,777 Adverts \| Friends Mod: Fashion & Appearance, The Ladies' Lounge	I don't tan, and I would burn very easily. Factor 50 all the way! I recently wore the lightest SunShimmer shade on my legs to a wedding, and it was grand. Took the "blue" look off the pale! For nights out I would never wear tan, combination of I don't think I need it and I'm always in a rush, I'd never have the time to do it! Here's my pale legs! On the right, obvz. I wear a colour appropriate foundation that matches my skintone and blends with my neck (Bobbi Brown Albaster 00). Sometimes I will wear some Mac Face and Body foundation on my decolletage, but that'd be more for contouring than all over colour. I got a spray tan for my debs, but had it done about 4 days in advance so I could have a few showers. Ended up being pretty nice, but I wouldn't be bothered again.

30-04-2012, 04:52	#45
metaoblivia Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,457 Adverts \| Friends	I used to get comments on my paleness all the time! I have naturally black hair and very dark eyes, but my skin, it's not what I consider pale, but I am pretty light. The contrast between it and my hair really makes me look paler than I am. I also live in Florida where people wear a natural tan year round or do the fake stuff. I've never been into it though. I'm far too concerned about the health of my skin to be a sun worshipper or visit a tanning booth, and I simply don't care enough to put in the effort for a fake tan. Also, as I've gotten older, I've come to embrace my high contrast coloring. It does help me stick out in a sea of sun bunnies.